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Top of the tree

Coventry City might be languishing at the wrong end of England’s third tier but they’re the run-away leaders of at least one league table at the moment, and it could prove to be quite a little earner for the club.

The Sky Blues are top of the tree of clubs in the football league who have blooded young talent in their first team, City having handed 78 appearances to players under the age of 21 in the first four months of the 2016/17 season

Football League clubs are being offered cash rewards to play young homegrown players in a radical attempt to produce more and better England players.

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It could be scrapped

The heavily criticised Checkatrade Trophy could be scrapped after only its first season, according to the head of the English Football League.

The revamped Football League Trophy was introduced as a replacement for the Johnstone's Paint competition, and allowed category A academy sides to enter a tournament which was previously exclusive for League One and Two clubs.

Friday nostalgia

It was a game to live long in the memory with the snow covered surface only adding to the occasion. A late pitch inspection was passed with Ron Atkinson's Sky Blues looking to move off the bottom of the league.

Rovers, however, were in high spirits after securing their first Champions League victory with a 4-1 thrashing of Rosenborg three days previous but they were well and truly brought down to earth against the Sky Blues.

English Premier League match at Highfield Road. Coventry City 5 v Blackburn Rovers 0. Peter Ndlovu on the ball for Coventry faced by Blackburn defender Nicky Marker. 9th December 1995.